Improvement in horse hay-forks



vin fig. 3, and whereby the fork is suspended over the Vthe positionshown, and in which position it is when gaat@ einer @tutti (title. g

DAVID MORTON, or MOUNT VERNON, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 85,686, dated January 5, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE HAY-FORKS.

` The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ofthe same.

To all whom 'it may conce/rn:

Be it known that I, DAVID MORTON, of Mount Vernon, in the county ofKnox, State of Ohio, have iuvented a certain new and useful Improvementin Horse Hay-Forks', and I do hereby declare that the following .is afull and complete description ofthe same, reference pended and operatedfor the purpose of loading and dis charging the hay from it.

In tig. 1, A represents the teeth of the fork, secured in a head orcross-piece, B.

Proceeding from said head is a standard or handle, C, whereby the forkis operated.

E is a bail, hinged to each end of the head, as shown hay wheninoperation.

F, tig. 3, is a lock, whereby the .fork is secured in' loaded forlifting.

The practical operation of this fork is as follows,`viz: As above said,the fork is suspended over the load Aby means of the bail attached tothe Vrope G. On its being pulled down to the hay the tines are broughtto the position shown in iig.-v 2, by depressing the handle G. In thisposition the tines are forced down into the hay as far as the head. Thebail is then turned down upon the handle, as indicated by the dottedline a, and thereto secured by the rod F. The fork is now drawn upwardby rope and pulleys attached to the'bail', thereby elevating the hay,the fork assuming the position shown in figs. l and 3.

The hay is discharged from the fork by pulling the cord G, the result ofwhich will be to allow the fork to fall to the position shown in iig. 2,so that the hay will slide from the fork to the place of deposit.

I am aware that a fork, constructed with tines A, iixed iu. across-head, and suspended by a bail, in the manner above described, hasbeen used, but which I do not claim. i

That which distinguishes my invention from others, i

is the device for locking and tripping the fork, which is much moresimple, and more easily operated than that used in forks of thischaracter. Hence,

IVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

The rod or lock F, pivoted to the handle C, and arranged in combinationwith the bail E, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

DAVID MOR'ION.r y

Witnesses: l

J. H. BURRIDGE, FRANK S. ALDEN.

